PC Agenda 09-17-18
John Tang, Chair
Nancy Eng, Vice-Chair
Sean Dang, Commissioner
Diana Herrera, Commissioner
Daniel Lopez, Commissioner
Rosemead
Planning
Commission
AGENDA
September 17, 2018
7:00 PM
City Hall Council Chambers
8838 E. Valley Blvd., Rosemead, California 91770
www.cityofrosemead.org
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ROSEMEAD PLANNING COMMISSION September 17, 2018
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CALL TO ORDER – 7:00 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Chair Tang
INVOCATION – Commissioner Lopez
ROLL CALL – Commissioners Dang, Herrera, Lopez, Vice-Chair Eng and Chair Tang
1. EXPLANATION OF HEARING PROCEDURES AND APPEAL RIGHTS
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
(Please refer to public comment guidelines on the first page of this document.)
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 18-03 - Ton Hong has submitted a Conditional Use Permit application to
establish a massage services use in an existing commercial unit. The project site is located at 8522 Valley
Boulevard, Unit 105, and in a Medium Commercial with Design Overlay (C-3/D-O) zone. Per Rosemead
Municipal Code Section 17.16.020, approval of a Conditional Use Permit is required in order to establish a
massage services use within a Medium Commercial (C-3) zone.
PC RESOLUTION 18-15 - A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DENYING CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT 18-03, A REQUEST TO ESTABLISH A MASSAGE SERVICES USE IN AN EXISTING
COMMERCIAL UNIT. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT 8522 VALLEY BOULEVARD, UNIT 105
(APN: 5371-010-805), IN A MEDIUM COMMERCIAL WITH DESIGN OVERLAY (C-3/D-O) ZONE
STAFF RECOMMENDATION - It is recommended that the Planning Commission ADOPT Resolution No.
18-15 with findings and DENY Conditional Use Permit 18-03.
B. MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 18-04 - The proposed Municipal Code Amendment (MCA 18-04) would
amend Rosemead Municipal Code Sections 1.04.130, 2.44.060, and 12.44.050; and restate Chapter 17.40
related to prohibiting medical cannabis dispensaries, cannabis cultivation facilities, and cannabis deliveries.
MCA 18-04 would update and broaden the City’s existing medical cannabis regulations that generally ban
such facilities and expand the ban to what State law now refers to as commercial cannabis facilities to
conform with recent changes to State law, and imposes updated regulations on cannabis deliveries and
cultivation in accordance with State law.
PC RESOLUTION 18-16 - A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 983 FOR THE APPROVAL OF MCA 18-04, AMENDING
SECTIONS 1.04.030, 2.44.060, AND 12.44.050; AND RESTATING CHAPTER 17.40 OF THE ROSEMEAD
MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATED TO CANNABIS FACILITIES, CULTIVATION, AND DELIVERIES.
STAFF RECOMMMENDATION - That the Planning Commission:
1. Conduct a public hearing and receive public testimony; and
2. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 18-16 with findings (Exhibit “A”), a resolution
recommending that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 983 (Exhibit “B”) for the approval of MCA
18-04.
ROSEMEAD PLANNING COMMISSION September 17, 2018
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4. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. PC MINUTES 8-20-18
5. MATTERS FROM STAFF
6. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR & COMMISSIONERS
7. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular Planning Commission meeting will be on Monday, October 1, 2018, at 7:00 pm in the Council
Chambers.